Author: Dan Sewell
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Police, FBI trying to verify teen is boy missing since 2011
CINCINNATI — Authorities conducted DNA testing to try to determine Thursday whether a teenager found wandering in Kentucky is who he claims to be — an Illinois boy who disappeared eight years ago around the time his mother took her own life. The teenager told police in Newport, Kentucky, on Wednesday that he had just…
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911 call amid training at Ohio Air Force base sets off active shooter fears
DAYTON, Ohio — An Air Force base in Ohio said there was not an active shooter incident Thursday, just hours after authorities in armored vehicles and unmarked cars swarmed the base amid reports of a shooter its medical center. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base said in a statement that someone called 911 during a training exercise…
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Parents test school liability in bullying and child suicide
CINCINNATI — The parents of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who hanged himself from his bunk bed with a necktie want school officials held responsible, testing the issue of school liability in suicides blamed on bullying. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Gabriel Taye against Cincinnati Public Schools and school officials cites repeated…
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A 2nd mistrial: Jury deadlocks in Ohio cop’s murder retrial
CINCINNATI — A mistrial was declared Friday in the murder retrial of a white University of Cincinnati police officer after the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked on charges in the fatal traffic stop shooting of an unarmed black motorist. The Hamilton County jury had deliberated some 30 hours over five days after getting the…
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Family: Freed student’s death was the only possible outcome
CINCINNATI — The family of an American college student who died days after being released from North Korea in a coma says the 22-year-old “has completed his journey home.” Otto Warmbier died Monday, relatives said in a statement. They did not cite a specific cause of death. “Unfortunately, the awful, torturous mistreatment our son received…
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U.S. student Otto Warmbier, freed by North Korea in a coma, has died
CINCINNATI — Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was released by North Korea in a coma last week after almost a year and a half in captivity, died Monday, his family said. The 22-year-old “has completed his journey home,” the family said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the awful, torturous mistreatment our son received at…
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1 dead, 15 injured in Cincinnati nightclub gunfight
CINCINNATI — A gun fight broke out inside a crowded Cincinnati nightclub early Sunday, leaving one man dead and 15 others wounded after a dispute among several patrons escalated into a shootout, authorities said. No suspects were in custody by late afternoon in the shooting at the Cameo club, which has a history of gun…
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Ochocinco trades tweets with U.S. House speaker
CINCINNATI — Chad Ochocinco, meet the speaker of the U.S. House. On Twitter, of course. The New England Patriots receiver known for prolific social media interactions tuned in to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, and he soon was wondering about the unsmiling man sitting behind the Democratic president. Informed by…
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In swing state Ohio, Gingrich gaining the “not-Romneys”
WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) — For “Anybody but Romney” Republicans in a key conservative region of Ohio, Newt Gingrich has been picking up support as an alternative to the former Massachusetts governor. The former House speaker has moved to the top in recent polling in Ohio, just as Republican presidential candidates prepare for the Jan.…
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Authorities: Fatigues-clad vet kills self in Ohio
DAYTON, Ohio — An Army veteran wearing military fatigues shot and killed himself Friday with an assault rifle on the steps of a Veterans Affairs medical center where he had been a patient, authorities said. Police found an assault rifle and a backpack near the body of Jesse Huff, 27, of Dayton, which was on…